Metro News & Reviews

Here’s the info on bus detours and Hollywood/Highland Station closure during The Oscars

The 90th Annual Academy Awards will take place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood this coming Sunday and Metro buses are beginning detour schedules as preparations are underway for the show.

Metro Bus Lines 212, 217, 222 and 780 will be on detour routes in the Hollywood area through 6 a.m. Tuesday, March 6, or until barricades are removed by the city of Los Angeles. For route and stop details, please check the Service Advisories page.

The Metro Red Line will run regular Sunday schedule on March 4; however, trains will bypass Hollywood/Highland Station the entire day. There will be no public access to the station. Customers are encouraged to use Hollywood/Vine Station as an alternate and transfer to bus or walk.

Red Line trains will resume service to Hollywood/Highland Station with the start of service on Monday, March 5.

More buses are expected to detour leading up to Oscar Sunday, so please visit the Service Advisories page for specific route information. For more information in general on the street closures leading up to The Oscars, check their closures page. For real-time service alerts, follow us on Twitter @metrolaalerts or @metrolosangeles.

With the exception of local residents, business access and emergency vehicles, close the following between 4am March 4 – 4am March 5:
13. Hawthorn Avenue between Orange Drive and La Brea Boulevard.
14. Hawthorn Avenue between Highland Avenue and McCadden Place.
15. McCadden Place between Yucca Street and Hollywood Boulevard.
16. Yucca Street between Highland Avenue and Wilcox Avenue
17. Wilcox Avenue between Sunset Blvd and Cahuenga Boulevard Restrict access on streets that end at or intersect Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue at the discretion of the LAPD and LADOT.